'Dan Fesperman's novels always offer interesting and thought-provoking commentary on contemporary world events and in The Amateur Spy he tackles Middle East terrorism with a story that contains a disquietingly topical element...A fine thriller to add to his impressive body of work' -- Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph 20070729 'A gritty verisimilitude against a subtle political backdrop. The scene-setting is vivid and dramatic. Mr Fesperman is especially good on the murky frontier where journalists, aid-workers and spies trade information...He is honing the genre of intelligent political thrillers. Foreign correspondents should note: they now have some new standards to match.' -- Economist 20070830 'It goes without saying that Fesperman is a master of orchestrating tension - but he is equally good at characterising his vulnerable, conflicted protagonists' -- Daily Express 20070730 'Fesperman taps another timely issue in his fourth topical thriller...a superb job' -- Publishers Weekly 20060501 'Fascinating ... a thought-provoking and exciting read' -- Observer on THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO 20060716 'An absorbing novel with some provocative commentary on America's war on terror' -- Susannah Yager, Sunday Telegraph on THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO 20060723 'A neat sense of conspiratorial tension...Fesperman's use of spy tradecraft is good - even creative - and never more elaborate than the situation calls for' -- Washington Post on THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO 20060716 'A superb spy thriller worthy of sharing shelf space with the novels of John le Carre and Ken Follett...darkly imaginative...draws a dramatic portrait' -- USA Today on THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO 20060712 'A terrific novel of intrigue, duplicity and death in the shadow of the Khyber Pass...Fesperman is that rare journalist who is also a gifted novelist...first-rate' -- Washington Post on THE WARLORD'S SON 20060712 'One of the best writers of intelligent thrillers based on contemporary events working today...observant, thoughtful, witty' -- Baltimore Sun on THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO 20060716 'A new book by Dan Fesperman is becoming a major literary event ... an utterly compelling thriller and quite simply the best I've read all year.' -- Sunday Telegraph on THE WARLORD'S SON 20060716 'Fesperman offers a level of cultural and political nuance not always found in adventure thrillers.' -- Booklist on THE WARLORD'S SON 20060716 'A first-rate geopolitical yarn ... Fesperman combines his strong eye for detail with bleak film-noir cynicism, managing to make plot twists that could have felt contrived seem depressingly believable.' -- Entertainment Weekly on THE WARLORD'S SON 20060716 'Dan Fesperman has written that rare thing: a fine and intelligent novel that makes you think, and keeps you turning the pages.' -- Val McDermid on THE SMALL BOAT OF GREAT SORROWS 20060716 'In THE WARLORD'S SON, Dan Fesperman, an American foreign correspondent who covered the war in Afghanistan, succeeds in writing a convincing, accurate thriller ... This book is worth reading if only for the passage where the hero, Skelly, glimpses Osama bin Laden at a public hanging; the scene both convinces and frightens.' -- The Economist on THE WARLORD'S SON 20060716
